How to be a positive force for the environmenthttp://blogs.technet.com/steve_lamb/archive/2008/01/18/how-to-be-a-positive-force-for-the-environment.aspxLike sooooo many people my thoughts keep going back to "what can I do to reduce my (negative) impact on the environment?" and "what can I do to help others be more environmentally friendly?" Clearly there are no appealing simple answers. Becomming a hermiten-GBCommunityServer 2.1 SP1 (Build: 61025.2)re: How to be a positive force for the environmenthttp://blogs.technet.com/steve_lamb/archive/2008/01/18/how-to-be-a-positive-force-for-the-environment.aspx#2759267Sat, 19 Jan 2008 16:25:43 GMTd5e57398-b9ef-4490-9955-07cbb4e4a80d:2759267Richard Tubb<P>Steve - I've used DesktopStandard's (now owned by Microsoft) product PolicyMaker to enable a domain of machines (250+) to be put into Hibernation mode of an evening, reducing power consumption, then woken up to undertake scheduled maintenance (Windows Updates, Defrags, etc) before being put into Hibernation again before being woken up again for Office hours. Little things like this, plus timer power switches on office equipment (Laser printers, Photocopiers) are easy steps that can be taken to reduce power consumption IMO.</P>re: How to be a positive force for the environmenthttp://blogs.technet.com/steve_lamb/archive/2008/01/18/how-to-be-a-positive-force-for-the-environment.aspx#2786584Sun, 27 Jan 2008 20:02:57 GMTd5e57398-b9ef-4490-9955-07cbb4e4a80d:2786584Steve Lamb<p>Richard&gt; good suggestion - thanks for sharing it</p>